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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tharanika Ahillan and Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Trainee doctors in UK facing higher risk of burnout than during pandemic

Junior Doctor Victoria Selwyn, photographed at Shenley Park in Hertfordshire. She is the founder of Headucate UK, a mental health charity.
Junior Doctor Victoria Selwyn, photographed at Shenley Park in Hertfordshire. She is the founder of Headucate UK, a mental health charity. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

Trainee doctors are at higher risk of burnout now than during the pandemic, with some describing how they have struggled with unsustainable workloads and inadequate support.

The most recent figures published by the General Medical Council (GMC) in its national training survey of junior doctors and their trainers reveal the proportion of trainees feeling “at a high or moderate risk” of burnout is 63%.

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